Photos: Relive the Florida Panthers' playoff history

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In just their third year of existence Scott Mellanby and the Florida Panthers finished with 92 points in the 1995-96 season to qualify for the playoffs for the first time, earning the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference. Ray Sheppard scored two goals in Game 1 for the Panthers first playoff win ever. Billy Lindsay did his best Bobby Orr imitation with an airborne goal with 4:57 left in the third period of Game 5 to secure the Panthers’ first playoff series victory.

Flyers' Rod Brind'Amour skates back to the bench in dejection as a barrage of toy rats rains down from the stands in Miami. John Vanbiesbrouck notched 18 saves, only needing Stu Barnes’ goal to lead the Panthers to a Game 1 win. The Panthers scored three third-period goals to clinch the series in Game 6.

Before this season, the Florida Panthers had only made it to the playoffs four times. The Panthers have only advanced past the first round once; in the 1995-96 season Florida made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals.